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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 3:07 am
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(Hmmm, this is my first time starting a topic, so...)
Anyway, I'm sure most of the people have read at least something of Count Cain, so I'll initiate a discussion now...
What chapters are your favorites so far, and which ones do you find particularly disturbing?
For me, I find my favorite chapters are Godless, The Tragedy of Miss Pudding, Misericorde, The Mortician's Daughter, Castrato, and Judas' Kiss.
However... Scold's Bridle gives me nightmares. I have no idea why... but I find the mask seriously disturbing... It makes me shiver.
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I'm sick of debating the topic below with myself too, and since I doubt I'm the only person who's read Godless, I'd like to ask you what you think of the ending... (Warning: It's VERY full of SPOILERS. If you haven't finished the series, and you highlight the words below, you'll be damaging your own fun...)
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I think the series ended very nicely, what with Jezebel's last minute change in thoughts and all, and Riff returning to his former self, not the demented monster he was for a few books, as well as Cain running back into Riff's arms during the cave in, where he quite literally died in Riff's arms... At least, if my eyes weren't playing tricks on me and I read the captions right...
However, my problem with the ending comes with the sudden bombshell that actually Alexis was not the one behind everything that happened, and it was in fact Augusta who was behind all his actions. I think that was a little too sudden... Especially since she led us to believe that Augusta was actually the victimized party all the while, what with the chapter entitled The Sound of A Boy Hatching... So honestly, does anyone else think the ending was funny, or is it just my being over-sensitive to having my initial feelings tossed upside down?
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:05 am
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Shura Yukihime (Hmmm, this is my first time starting a topic, so...) Anyway, I'm sure most of the people have read at least something of Count Cain, so I'll initiate a discussion now... What chapters are your favorites so far, and which ones do you find particularly disturbing? For me, I find my favorite chapters are Godless, The Tragedy of Miss Pudding, Misericorde, The Mortician's Daughter, Castrato, and Judas' Kiss. However... Scold's Bridle gives me nightmares. I have no idea why... but I find the mask seriously disturbing... It makes me shiver. I'm sick of debating the topic below with myself too, and since I doubt I'm the only person who's read Godless, I'd like to ask you what you think of the ending... (Warning: It's VERY full of SPOILERS. If you haven't finished the series, and you highlight the words below, you'll be damaging your own fun...) *SPOILERS WARNING*I think the series ended very nicely, what with Jezebel's last minute change in thoughts and all, and Riff returning to his former self, not the demented monster he was for a few books, as well as Cain running back into Riff's arms during the cave in, where he quite literally died in Riff's arms... At least, if my eyes weren't playing tricks on me and I read the captions right...
However, my problem with the ending comes with the sudden bombshell that actually Alexis was not the one behind everything that happened, and it was in fact Augusta who was behind all his actions. I think that was a little too sudden... Especially since she led us to believe that Augusta was actually the victimized party all the while, what with the chapter entitled The Sound of A Boy Hatching... So honestly, does anyone else think the ending was funny, or is it just my being over-sensitive to having my initial feelings tossed upside down?
My favorite chapters are Misericord, Judas no Seppun, Godless, Castrato and maybe Little Miss Muffet because it showshow much of a softey Jezebel really is...
Godless...makes me cry everytime I read it. It's so WRONG...yet so right -_-
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:33 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:37 am
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*peeks in* >.>
Heh, me being the said friend from the person posting above. n_n;
OMG you have no idea how much I love this series. Every time I read through it again I notice things that I have no idea how I missed before. I read the first 'half' on sakura-crisis, became addicted, and then had to hunt down a table selling untranslated manga at the nearest anime convention. XD And, of course, me being the impatient person I am, I flipped right to the LAST volume and was like.. ."T______T Awww.. ."
*SPOILERS* But the thing with Alexis/Augusta I have to admit, was really really sudden and unexplained. When you go back and look at things with the new perspective, it doesn't make much sense. Augusta threw herself out of a window. . why? She already had control over Alexis, why go to the trouble of killing yourself and becoming a shriveled head? <_<;; I can imagine her destroying Alexis from 'beyond' as an act of revenge, but really. . .why make her into the villain? It makes no sense!
OTHER than that, I thought she ended the series well. I wasn't expecting a lot of the characters to live through it, which is why I was not so shocked at Cain and Riff. What did surprise me was the way she had them die. Riff's already dead?! AAH! XD But looking back on it, it makes all too much sense. And I was very pleased that they died together instead of having individual deaths or some-such.
BTW, does anyone know exactly HOW Cain died? It never really explains. . .my guess is that he still had the little bottle of poison he took to kill his father with him. And downed it all. <_<; But that's just my theory.
Yaaay, my little avatar Cain finally has some clothing. XD
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:38 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:46 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:50 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 1:06 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 2:01 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 2:22 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:41 am
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